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Shovelware is a derogatory term used for software that has either been quickly developed without regard to quality or function and features, or software that has been forced on customers such as those that are preloaded on laptops or smartphones by their respective carriers.
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Mapping, tracking, positioning and real-time data arekey to supporting defense and intelligence initiatives. Governments and agencies need location data they can trust to track and adjust fixed and mobile resources to address rapidly changing events and circumstances. With Ovum's Location Platform Index: Mapping and Navigation, agencies can assess location platform industry leaders and identify the platform that best meets their product development demands. This year, HERE Technologies cemented its role as the industry leader, earning the highest ranking, and besting Google, for the second time in a row.
Download your free report to learn:
The relative strengths and weaknesses of each vendor, including data, enablers and features
Vendor strategies to keep up with changes in technologies and trends
The specific workings of the location platform market, and to better understand what constitutes a healthy location platform and which provider offers the correct portfolio and the necess

The overall supply chain is becoming increasingly complex. When running smoothly, this global system lowers costs and improves quality, but as more moving parts are introduced the potential for inefficiency increases.
Greater visibility is key to preventing disruptions and gaps in the supply chain - and location data is the key to enhancing visibility.
By reading this eBook, you will discover:
How location intelligence can help identify areas that are ripe for optimization
How real-time data can provide useful insights on supply chain health and help identify waste in your processes
How HERE helped a car manufacturer identify millions in savings annually by adding location awareness to its supply chain planning

This Aberdeen report centers it's focus on where they have seen ME organizations spend most of their time -- in employee acquisition. And rather, their study finds that their focus could be better applied to workforce engagement strategies and real-time performance management that can better manage retention goals over time.

In this e-book, you’ll discover
1. How next-generation cloud technologies such
as customer journey mapping platforms and
advanced analytics are poised to transform the
customer experience.
2. The top operational and technical challenges
that next-generation cloud technologies tackle.
3. Examples of how companies can tap into
next-gen cloud technologies to elevate the
customer experience.

On-demand services that transport people in high volumes over short distances have a crucial role to play in changing urban transportation. New technology and data bring a wealth of opportunity for new mobility service providers to optimize, keep customers satisfied and achieve the operational superiority for which they’re all striving.
This ebook looks at the critical role location intelligence can play in helping on-demand organizations make that extra drop-off each hour.
By reading this ebook, you will discover:
- How accurate location, asset and routing data can aid fleet optimization and improve service response times
- How accurate pick-up and trip destination ETAs ensure time isn’t wasted connecting users with drivers
- How services can calculate the fastest possible route between multiple waypoints to maximize journey efficiency

Whether you’re a private company moving people or goods, or a governmental organization responsible for managing traffic flow, urban environments present a common set of challenges. Greater safety, reduced congestion and pollution, a better consumer experience, more well-organized networks and intuitive vehicle use are shared goals for all those looking to transform urban mobility.
City transportation is about to undergo a seismic change. This presents a huge opportunity for businesses to improve their services and for public sector leaders to understand and manage networks more efficiently.
By reading this ebook, you will discover how location intelligence helps:
- Meet ever-increasing customer expectations of timely pick-ups and deliveries
- Improve safety and congestion across a road network
- Reduce operational costs and improve efficiency for movers of people and parcels
-Maximize the use of fleet vehicles and drivers by efficiently matching supply to demand

With the number of food delivery users to be over 802 million worldwide by 2023, it’s clear that the online food delivery industry is in the midst of massive growth. In a crowded diner and delivery service landscape, are you positioned to stand apart?
Gain insights about the online food delivery industry from a global level, as we examine the three most competitive global markets, the unique challenges they face, and the biggest local players vying for customers.
Hungry for more? With this eBook discover:
Key insights to succeeding in these crowded markets
How location services can optimize routing and delivery
The role of drones, diner behavior and the future of restaurant kitchens

Discover how cities and private companies can better work together for more harmonized urban mobility.
As a city authority, or new mobility company, you now need to start working more closely with “the other side” for better urban mobility. But how can you work together, while maintaining your values, vision, privacy and sanity?
This is a practical guide on how to collaborate better with other organizations. Learn how cities like Vienna, Dallas and others are breaking down barriers and explore the benefits of a united approach and the perils of working in silos. Build your technical infrastructure for better data sharing with the ultimate aim of improving the lives of people working, living and exploring your city.
Inside, you’ll learn:
Why open collaboration is key to better urban mobility
The 3Ts of creating a smoother working relationship: trust, tech and talk
3 things you can do right now to start opening up
Examples of five great city-company collaborations
Ready to start coll

The world depends on you.
70% of freight in the US, Australia and Europe is moved by trucks and in China that number climbs to 80%.
Trucking as we know it is transforming. What’s leading the charge in this era of digitization? Platooning.
It’s vital that you’re up to date on the benefits and impacts of platooning for your company and the trucking industry. As digitization continues to shape industries around the world, those in trucking who don’t get on board, might get left behind.
Optimize your fleet. Discover how platooning impacts:
Fuel consumption
Driver safety and satisfaction
Asset optimization

Get the poster that maps AWS, Azure, and GCP services to a standard IT taxonomy. The Apptio TBM Unified Model® (ATUM®) standardizes the financial information necessary for IT leaders to manage their technology business.
Download the Cloud Cost Management Poster for best practices to:
- Map AWS and Azure billing to a standard taxonomy
- Better understand cloud costs and usage to avoid surprises and drive accountability
- Optimize resources by taking action on underutilized and idle instances

As a supply chain technology leader in this era of rapid digitization, you are constantly inundated with trends. How do you ignore the hype and employ the best tech innovations for your supply chain?
In the latest Gartner Inc. report entitled The 2019 Top Supply Chain Technology Trends You Can’t Ignore you will discover the latest solutions in the supply chain landscape and how to differentiate and prioritize your unique needs in such a dynamic marketplace.
Discover how to optimize your unique supply chain through:
An in-depth analysis of the trends you can’t ignore
Specific use-case examples
The impacts of new and innovative technologies and
Next step recommendations

Supply chain managers are increasingly leveraging location intelligence and location data to raise visibility throughout their whole logistics process and to optimize their delivery routes. Leveraging this data requires an ever-more-robust technology stack.
As supply chain technology stacks become more complex, diverse and defined by legacy system integrations, Application Program Interfaces (APIs) are becoming essential to making stacks scale, allowing supply chain managers to better meet the demands of the new generation of consumers.
Innovative location APIs provide supply chain stacks and applications with:
Greater agility
Contextual intelligence
Real-time data implementation
Speed
Scale
Introducing new technology into an organization can sometimes be daunting. As one of the world’s leading location platforms, HERE shares insights and tips to streamline the supply chain technology integration across the whole organization.

Discover how cities and private companies can better work together for more harmonized urban mobility.
As a city authority, or new mobility company, you now need to start working more closely with “the other side” for better urban mobility. But how can you work together, while maintaining your values, vision, privacy… and sanity?
This is a practical guide on how to collaborate better with other organizations. Learn how cities like Vienna, Dallas and others are breaking down barriers and explore the benefits of a united approach and the perils of working in silos. Build your technical infrastructure for better data sharing with the ultimate aim of improving the lives of people working, living and exploring your city.
Inside, you’ll learn:
Why open collaboration is key to better urban mobility
The 3Ts of creating a smoother working relationship: trust, tech and talk
3 things you can do right now to start opening up
Examples of five great city-company collaborations

With the number of food delivery users to be over 802 million worldwide by 2023, it’s clear that the online food delivery industry is in the midst of massive growth. In a crowded diner and delivery service landscape, are you positioned to stand apart?
Gain insights about the online food delivery industry from a global level, as we examine the three most competitive global markets, the unique challenges they face, and the biggest local players vying for customers.
Hungry for more? With this eBook discover:
Key insights to succeeding in these crowded markets
How location services can optimize routing and delivery
The role of drones, diner behavior and the future of restaurant kitchens

Whether you’re a private company moving people or goods, or a governmental organization responsible for managing traffic flow, urban environments present a common set of challenges. Greater safety, reduced congestion and pollution, a better consumer experience, more well-organized networks and intuitive vehicle use are shared goals for all those looking to transform urban mobility.
City transportation is about to undergo a seismic change. This presents a huge opportunity for businesses to improve their services and for public sector leaders to understand and manage networks more efficiently.
By reading this ebook, you will discover how location intelligence helps:
- Meet ever-increasing customer expectations of timely pick-ups and deliveries
- Improve safety and congestion across a road network
- Reduce operational costs and improve efficiency for movers of people and parcels
-Maximize the use of fleet vehicles and drivers by efficiently matching supply to demand

On-demand services that transport people in high volumes over short distances have a crucial role to play in changing urban transportation. New technology and data bring a wealth of opportunity for new mobility service providers to optimize, keep customers satisfied and achieve the operational superiority for which they’re all striving.
This ebook looks at the critical role location intelligence can play in helping on-demand organizations make that extra drop-off each hour.
By reading this ebook, you will discover:
- How accurate location, asset and routing data can aid fleet optimization and improve service response times
- How accurate pick-up and trip destination ETAs ensure time isn’t wasted connecting users with drivers
- How services can calculate the fastest possible route between multiple waypoints to maximize journey efficiency

In-car entertainment is a rapidly evolving space. In just a few years, car systems have progressed from simple multimedia to complex infotainment. Now, changing market dynamics and technologies are exerting a strong influence on the next generation of infotainment.

With upward of a billion vehicles in operation across the world and rising urbanization there is an unprecedented level of traffic and congestion in our major towns and cities. On the front-line, are the emergency dispatchers and responders facing complex challenges as they attempt to overcome congested traffic, unexpected road closures and work zones as quickly as possible.
Each additional minute of response time has the potential to save a life, reduce suffering or prevent unnecessary property damage. Most public safety and security organizations, however, are still using legacy location technology, which has its limitations and does not properly address some key challenges.
As one of the world’s leading location platforms, HERE shares insights and solutions to improve emergency response times with real-time location data

Public safety organizations are trying to optimize their dispatch centers in order to minimize response times and maximize the total number of lives saved. Most of these organizations, however, are still using legacy location technology that does not properly address some key factors.
As one of the world’s leading location platforms, HERE shares insights and solutions to address the 3 main factors currently affecting the speed and efficiency of most emergency dispatch center operations.

With upward of a billion vehicles in operation across the world and rising urbanization there is an unprecedented level of traffic and congestion in our major towns and cities. On the front-line, are the emergency dispatchers and responders facing complex challenges as they attempt to overcome congested traffic, unexpected road closures and work zones as quickly as possible.
Each additional minute of response time has the potential to save a life, reduce suffering or prevent unnecessary property damage. Most public safety and security organizations, however, are still using legacy location technology, which has its limitations and does not properly address some key challenges.
As one of the world’s leading location platforms, HERE shares insights and solutions to improve emergency response times with real-time location data.

How secure is your company’s network?
The rising frequency of employee network access is fast becoming one of the most prevalent and unmanaged risks to the protection of critical enterprise data. When coupled with increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks, the possibility of a security breach of enterprise networks becomes more likely.
As one of the world’s leading location platforms in 2018, HERE shares insights and solutions to preventing identity fraud. Discover the latest facts and statistics. Learn more about the use-case of location verification when logging into your company’s network.
Download the infographic from HERE Technologies.

Operational readiness depends on rich location data. When managing logistics and tracking high-value assets, there is no room for error and our new data-driven world demands richer, smarter advanced mapping and navigation services.
The 2018 Counterpoint Research Location Ecosystems Update compared 16 location platform vendors—including Google, TomTom and Mapbox—and it named HERE the “undisputed leader” in location based services.
Counterpoint recognized HERE for its integrated analytical capability and commitment to open partnerships, allowing for custom operational requirements and a truly mobile location intelligence platform.
See how HERE provides the industry leading tools and expertise to process that data—streamlining the logistics supply chain, boosting responsiveness, and guaranteeing mission success.

For 100% operational readiness in a data-driven culture, you need an optimized location platform.
Ovum’s Location Platform Index: Mapping and Navigation can help you identify what you should expect from a platform, and discover the platform that best meets your operational requirements.
Founded in 1985, Ovum has one of the most experienced analyst teams in the industry and is a respected source of guidance for technology and intelligence leaders. Ovum's report assesses and ranks the major vendors in the location platform market with a focus on the mapping and navigation space.
Download this free report to learn more about
Why HERE topped Google to take 1st place in the ranking
The relative strengths and weaknesses for each vendor- including data, enablers, and features
The strategies vendors use to stay responsive towards changes in technology and trends
To understand the location platform market, what constitutes a healthy location platform, and which provider offers the correct portfolio—and necessary flexibility—to achieve mission success, download your copy of this report by completing this form.